Activity for QuiquÈ…
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How do I make Tantalus' punishment real? Tantalus is a character from Greek mythology who did some bad things (trying to feed his son to the gods), and in turn was punished in Tartarus: Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος, Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made t... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Can isolated robots organize a revolution in a year? This question is a sort of continuation of my previous question: Why would robots use verbal communication?. The answer here by @Mathias Foster about the robots organizing a revolution sparked some interesting tangents in my storyline. What if these robots were to organize a revolution? Here's the... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Why would robots use verbal communication? Robots (intelligent machines using some form of artificial intelligence), are central to the plot in a snippet I'm working on. These robots do not have to interact with humans on a regular basis: maybe once or twice a year for checkups. Why would these robots use a spoken language as opposed to a q... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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How do I calculate sea level on a planet with no seas? On one (of many) of the planets that I am planning out, there are no seas. The planet is mainly composed of enormous mountains, with some deserts in between. There are no seas or large bodies of water anywhere on the planet. Not many people like to live on this desolate planet, but those that brave ... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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How can a molecule grant long-life? In Dune by Frank Herbert, there is a molecule called melange. Melange, also known as the spice, grants much longer lifespans to those who take it. How could a molecule grant greatly extended lifespans? Conditions: The people who ingest this molecule are not immortal, merely living in the rang... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Earth-like planet orbiting neutron star? A neutron star is a type of compact star that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova. Neutron stars are the densest and smallest stars known to exist in the Universe; with a radius of only about $11"“11.5\text{km}$ (7 miles), they can have a mass of about tw... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Buildings out of living tissue? I would like to make something interesting about a culture of mine in one of my story proposals. I was thinking something along the lines of using living tissue for construction. Hard hides would comprise the walls, and (for example, cornea tissue would be used as windows. I am assuming near-future... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Anatomically Correct Hippocampus The Hippocampus is a mythological creature and has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish. Considerations Gills or lungs? Would this creature come to the surface to take air, or would it breath under water using gills? Would the hippocampus ha... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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A more alien world: Flora In the (relatively new) Star Trek movie Into Darkness, we see Dr. Bones and Captain Kirk in a world composed mainly of red plants. Obviously these are just eye candy with no real basis behind it, but I would like to go further. What conditions would be necessary to have plants red in color? Blue? ... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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How to make a rogue planet liveable? Rogue planets are generally not to healthy for us humans to live on. No permanent source of heat or light means that generally they are a pretty cold place. Plenty of other problems arise too, but lets not get into all of that. How do I make a rogue planet of Earth-like proportions habitable by huma... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Could a habitable planet form with no major bodies of water? In the book Dune by Frank Herbert. Arrakis is a desolate planet composed entirely of deserts. Water is a precious commodity due to its rarity. The Fremen have found ways to live on its surface, despite its seeming lack of habitability. My question concerns the following: Could a planet with an atmos... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Evolution of spacecraft with advent of cheap and effective payload launch All of the launched human habitable space stations in orbit around Earth (such as the International Space Station, are very spindly and brittle as of current day. In a idea I'm contemplating that someday in the near-future, the United States has decided to undertake the project of a mass driver. Aft... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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How could Earth's atmosphere become unable to sustain life? In a story I am (at least attempting) to write, I plan to have Earth's atmosphere become unlivable by humans. I assume that Earth's atmosphere could not be ignited by a solar flare event, because it doesn't have enough oxygen or other flammable gases for this to happen. Some other possible causes f... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Where would water come from in an underground colony? A large solar flare event ignites the atmosphere of Earth, but luckily, humans have been preparing for an event like this for some time. We have a fairly large shelter around 2.2 kilometers underground. Energy is no problem, as we have built heat wells where they bring up heat into a controlled are... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Is it feasible to break rock into core components? In the near future, the last of the human race has been forced to retreat underground due to extreme global warming or some solar flare event. Vertical hydroponic farms provide the food for the survivors, but do not produce enough oxygen for breathing. The three most abundant minerals in the eart... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |